Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-09-01

hoiSe power ooiiei eApioueu at Kane
n Ryan's boiler works, in this city this
afternoon, partially wrecking a large
warehouse. James A. Kaue, one Of
the proprietors, was blown to pieces,
and an employe named Goodfrey, was
seriously burned by escaping steam.
Would Not Pass Under Cleveland,
Portrait.
WHEELING, w. Va, Aug. %. THE
members OF the grand army demonstra-
tion In this city to. day refused d to pass
under u portrait of Pres ident CLEVELAND
suspended from the Register office
The entire column made detour and
dropped their colors In passing the pic
ture. The action caused considerable
excitement In the city. There were
over 5000 veterans In line from West,
tern Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wes,
Virginia.
Action of q. A. II. Condemned.
ERIE. Pa, Aug. 30.-The refusal OF
Grand Army posts to march under the
Cleveland arch at Wheeling has created
a vast amount Of feeling In the Grand
Army circles hele. Last evening
Scott post No. 464. G. A. r., passed
resolutions giving the course Of the
Grand Army men at Wheeling the
most unqualified d!sapproyal and dis
appreciation.
The Northumberland Democrats.
SUNBURY, Pa. Aug .29,-The demo.
cratic county convention met here to.
day and nominated the following ticket
Sheriff, j. h. Zimmerman, of Shamoki In !;
prothonotary, II. F. Mann, OF Sunbury !;
treasurer, r. c. McWilliams. OF Point;
county commissions. w. w. Tubert,
and Daniel Kaufman, OF Lower Au,
gusta coroner, DIR. F. ID. RAker, OF
Shamokin; auditors, Moses Band Lew.
is, IL. NJ. Rhoads and z. Erb.
Husband IA Priest, Wife "a Nun.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 2S.-Albert Ver-
hoven, formerly of this city, but more
recently student at Lawrence uni.
versity, Appleton. has decided to be.
come Roman Catholic priest, and has
gone to st. Meinard. Ind. for prepara-
tion. His wife Is to become a nun. Mr..
Verhoven owns valuable property here
and In various parts Of the state, and
has heretofore been devout Me.ho.
dist. There was parallel case some
sixteen years ago in Baltimore. A man
and his wife. and two daughters and
two sons. became converted to the
Catholic faith. and all OF them engaged
in the church work-the father and
sons as priests and The mother and
daughters as sisters.
It::was u Spark from ~ Miners Lamp.
SHENANDOAH. Aug. 29.-Robert
Martin was killed. George Lawson ia
tally and four other miners badly in
jured by an explosion of daulin at
Draper colliery, Gilberton, this morn
ing. AT the bottom OF the slope is a
miners supply house. where the men
werereceiving daulin. Martin was hand
ling stick when a spark from his lamp
fell on the primed end exploded It.,
blowing Martin into an unrecogniz .ble
mass OF flesh, which had to be gathered
into box for transfer to his late home.
George Lawson had one leg and an arm
blown of, and was otherwise injured
so that ceath is only q question Of q
few hours. Strangely enough. in the
boot Of his uninjured leg WAS stick OF
dualin that was not exploded. Lawson
has a wife and several children. Mar
tin was an unmarried man. The in
juries OF the others are not serious,
The accident in one Of the strangest
ever known here.
A Drill Six Feet Long Blown Through
| n Miners Body.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa. Aug. 2s-At 1O
O'Clock this morning, Miner George
Eyere. a German, aged 80 years, and a
man of family met with a horrible
death In the Gaylord slope OF the King
ston coal company, at Plymouth. He
was engaged al the time In tamping a
drill.hole in a breast Of anthracite with
powder, prior to blasting. The pro-
ceeding is always dangerous one. and
great care is generally taken in thu
work. The drill used by Eyere was si'
feetlong and an inch and half In di-
ameter. While pounding the powder
vigorously II ignitad by friction, ant
caused a loud explosion. When thu
neiRhboring miners ran to see wha
had caused the trouble they found
Eyere lying on his back, having beer
blown some distance away. his dill
haying passed entirely thro ugh biz
right breast. just under the shoulder
He was de ad and covered with blood
His body was sent to the surface and
carried to his grief-stricken family.
HIS STRENGTH IN THE SOUTH.
Senator Butler Says There is But Ons
Sentiment I'm the South.
WASHINGTON. Aug. &c. Senator